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perfĭdĭa , ae, f. perfidus,
I.faithlessness, dishonesty, treachery, falsehood, perfidy (class.): “perfidiā deceptus,” Cic. Rosc. Am. 38, 110: “fraude et perfidiā aliquem fallere,” id. ib. 40, 117; id. Fam. 1, 2, 3: “admittere perfidiam in aliquem,” Suet. Caes. 75: “perfidiae tantae (fuit), ut, etc.,” id. Ner. 5: “repens,” Tac. H. 4, 25; Juv. 13, 24.—In plur., Plaut. Capt. 3, 3, 7; id. Ps. 2, 1, 6; Gell. 14, 2, 6.—Of an inanim. thing: “sub ipsis positum labris in acoris perfidiam vinum repente mutari,” Arn. 1, 12.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (8):
    • Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 1.2.3
    • Cicero, For Sextus Roscius of Ameria, 38.110
    • Plautus, Pseudolus, 2.1
    • Tacitus, Historiae, 4.25
    • Plautus, Captivi, 3.3
    • Suetonius, Divus Julius, 75
    • Suetonius, Nero, 5
    • Gellius, Noctes Atticae, 14.2.6
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